Accounting for taste: Microsoft demos future Excel feature

Accounting for taste: Microsoft demos future Excel feature


Accounting for taste: Microsoft demos future Excel feature

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:47 AM PDT

Microsoft is developing natural language understanding and voice recognition for its Excel spreadsheet application.

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Sommeliers compete in Japan for world's best title

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:43 AM PDT

Wine waiters of the world gathered in Tokyo on Wednesday for a competition to find the planet's best sommelier.

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Muslim leaders urge Myanmar to restore order

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:41 AM PDT

Myanmar's Muslim leaders have appealed to President Thein Sein to take swift action to quell religious violence, accusing security forces of standing by as rioters went on a rampage.

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Sea lion pup waddles into California hotel

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:40 AM PDT

A sea lion pup startled guests after waddling from a California beach into a nearby luxury hotel, where it pitched up at the patio bar.

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Mars, Venus lose body parts as Berlusconi 'surgery' reversed

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:40 AM PDT

An ancient statue of Mars has lost its fake penis and his counterpart Venus her hands, in the reversal of cosmetic changes ordered by Italy's ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

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South Africa's Mandela back in hospital with lung infection

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:13 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday.


Woman arrested for transferring gun to suspected killer of Colorado prison chief

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:56 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A 22-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night for illegally transferring a handgun used by a white supremacist parolee linked to the shooting death of Colorado's prison chief, authorities said.


VIDEO: Antiquity thieves' tunnels uncovered

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 05:09 PM PDT

Since the revolution in Egypt, large holes have been appearing in the ground close to places of archaeological significance, such as the Great Pyramids at Giza.

With help, scientists name the lesser of two weevils

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:38 AM PDT

German biologists who uncovered a constellation of new weevil species in New Guinea were stumped to provide names for all their finds until one had the idea of reaching for the phone book.

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Please separate public from private interests

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:32 AM PDT

Such personal expression of standpoint has never been a problem even if the argument goes fierce as, after all, you must choose between the two apples in order to remain human, or more appropriately, responsible voters.
Of course, you may also choose to abstain, supporting neither of the two.

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Indonesian sets himself ablaze over unrequited love

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:25 AM PDT

An Indonesian who failed to win the love of a married work colleague set himself ablaze in his office and tried to drag her into the flames, police and media reports said Thursday.

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Life as usual under caretaker govt in NS

Posted: 28 Mar 2013 12:23 AM PDT

The people of Negeri Sembilan today woke up to a caretaker state government in power, and life and business go on as usual.

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Democratic hopes dashed for Hong Kong 2017 election

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:23 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hopes that Hong Kong's 2017 election will be genuinely democratic have been dashed after a senior Chinese leader said, regardless of the vote, Beijing will have the final say on who is appointed Hong Kong's next leader.


VIDEO: Dilemma of China's migrant workers

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:48 PM PDT

One of China's 260 million migrant workers shares her story.

Global food prices remain uncertain: WB

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:49 PM PDT

Global food prices continued to decline for six consecutive months, but still remain very high and close to their historical peaks, the World Bank said.

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Govt taking appropriate decision to boost Sabah defence: Mahathir

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 10:34 PM PDT

SANDAKAN, March 28 (Bernama) -- Efforts to beef up the country's defence in the eastern region of Sabah shows that the government makes appropriate decisions to look after the people's safety from external threat.

Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the government had taken the incident as a lesson to protect the people from whatever threat.

"We can use it as a lesson so that we can always provide protection to the people and ensure that the country continues to be stable and can develop rapidly," he said in an interview with Radio Sandakan FM which was aired today.

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Automatic dissolution of NS state assembly not affecting BN: Mahathir

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:43 PM PDT

Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is certain that the automatic dissolution of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly last night will not have any effect on the performance of the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the 13th general election (GE13).

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Japan man 'tries to kill woman with poisoned shoes'

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:42 PM PDT

A Japanese man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes was arrested Thursday, police and reports said.

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Improving English proficiency in schools

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:08 PM PDT

"Our students are showing vast improvement in their English language proficiency tests," a headmistress of a secondary school told Bernama here recently

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Thai man jailed for selling royal documentary: lawyer

Posted: 27 Mar 2013 11:07 PM PDT

A Thai man was sentenced to more than three years in prison on Thursday for selling copies of a controversial Australian documentary about Thailand's royal family, his lawyer said.

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